As many of you probably know, Curtis Granderson of the Tigers stole his 20th base to get 20 or more in 2Bs, 3Bs, HRs, and SBs, to join Willie Mays (1957) and Frank Schulte (1911) as the only players to achieve those milestones in a single season.

Granderson is from the Chicago area. He was born in a town called Blue Island, which is near Chicago and he played college ball at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was right under the noses of the Sox and Cubs.

For the sabermetrically oriented, he is 4th in the AL this year in "runs created," according to ESPN. He has only been thrown out trying to steal once.

Here are the guys the White Sox drafted ahead of him in 2002

Royce Ring
Jeremy Reed

The guys the Cubs drafted ahead of him

Bobby Brownlie
Luke Haggerty
Chadd Blasko
Matt Clanton
Brian Dopirik
Justin Jones

I suppose you could say that at least the Sox traded Reed to get Freddy Garcia. Are any of these other guys still prospects or did any of them get traded for someone important?

Schulte played for the Cubs. 21 HRs in 1911 was very good and he hit 11 on the road. Ryne Sandberg missed joining the group by 1 HR and 1 3B in 1984.